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BumRushDaShow

(163,346 posts)
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 02:02 PM Nov 4

'I'm angry with the president': Florida Trump voters reeling from 'cruel and bad' policies

Source: Raw Story

November 4, 2025 12:17PM ET


Latino voters who helped seal Florida's status as a Republican stronghold are now reeling with anger, bewilderment and guilt over their support of President Donald Trump, according to El País. "Trump’s manifesto of economic prosperity and law and order clashes with a reality that continues to punish disadvantaged families," writes Abel Fernández.

Nearly a year into Trump's first term and the Hispanic community, he writes, is deeply divided. "Frustration and regret have grown among those most affected by the rising cost of living, cuts to social programs and an immigration agenda that has torn the Hispanic community apart," Fernández writes.

The disenchantment, he says, is palpable across the state, with a list of complaints including "the disruption to government aid as a result of the government shutdown, the unstoppable rise in the cost of rest, and persistent inflation."

The loss of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, in particular, are affecting those in Miami-Dade County "especially hard," Fernández explains, where "the shift of the Latino vote from Democrat to Republican was key to Trump’s victory last year."

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/im-angry-with-the-president-florida-trump-voters-reeling-from-cruel-and-bad-policies/



Here is the problem in a nutshell further in the article and it is something that Democrats deal with Presidential election cycle after Presidential election cycle, where the GOP will crash the economy, Democrats come in and spend much of their terms in office FIXING it, then come the next cycle and a GOPer wins, they were handed a "roaring economy" and many of the clueless believe it was the GOPer who got it there. I.e., -

“The last time Trump was president, I made more money than ever in my career. Prices were low. Gasoline was cheap. I remember going on vacation. Interest rates were lower. Now everything is out of control. I can’t even afford the air we breathe. Now I see that I made the wrong decision,” she says.


Lady - the last time 45 was in office, OBAMA handed him one of the best economies and job growth in modern times after getting the country out of the worst financial collapse since the Great Depression. 45 didn't do that. He managed to kill over 1 million people with the mishandling of a global pandemic, ushering in one of the greatest "shocks" to the economy in recent memory after 4 years in office. This time, it took him just a few months to get there again.
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'I'm angry with the president': Florida Trump voters reeling from 'cruel and bad' policies (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 4 OP
I can't feel any sympathy for people who knowingly voted for the most abysmally incompetent lump Aristus Nov 4 #1
My husband and I live in Floriduh and believe me, we sounded the Orange Nutjob.. chouchou Nov 4 #17
And maybe.... PatSeg Nov 4 #29
I can't forgive anyone who voted for him in 2016. LisaM Nov 4 #33
But, owning the Libs... BurnDoubt Nov 4 #2
I want to see someone take up the banner that slightlv Nov 4 #34
You want sympathy? it's in the dictionary. mwmisses4289 Nov 4 #3
You'll find it between 'shit' and 'Syphilis' Scalded Nun Nov 4 #14
Damn my bad eyes. COL Mustard Nov 4 #22
As we used to say in the Army, if you're looking for sympathy COL Mustard Nov 4 #21
Yeah, maybe I shouldn't be so polite. 😄 mwmisses4289 Nov 4 #25
Angry at Trump but will still vote Republican, they're idiots. dem4decades Nov 4 #4
these idiots berksdem Nov 4 #5
An Open Statement To The MAGAts: GB_RN Nov 4 #6
Cantaloupe Caligula! Hahaha Joinfortmill Nov 4 #13
And That's The Shorter Version. GB_RN Nov 4 #16
K&R BlueWavePsych Nov 4 #7
He TOLD you what he'd do! You weren't listening! CTyankee Nov 4 #8
But will they learn? I don't think so. Escurumbele Nov 4 #23
They'll learn the hard way, unfortunately. It's sad... CTyankee Nov 4 #27
This shows just how racist these voters were... ananda Nov 4 #9
They only watch Faux Noise so all they hear are Repuke lies FakeNoose Nov 4 #18
That sums it up nicely. ananda Nov 4 #26
In the GOP, if you ain't white you ain't right. bronxiteforever Nov 4 #10
"YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HURT THE OTHER PEOPLE!!!!" durablend Nov 4 #11
Jeezus, dumber than rocks. FAFO. Joinfortmill Nov 4 #12
Rocks at least serve a useful function, and many are quite beautiful. niyad Nov 4 #36
No sympathy for haters. He offered hate and pain, but to others. They were good with that. Scalded Nun Nov 4 #15
Too bad they came to this a year too late. COL Mustard Nov 4 #19
The orange turd supporters are like chickens voting for colonel sanders kimbutgar Nov 4 #20
Well gee whiz. He was rotten going into this year. calimary Nov 4 #24
I'm angry with stupid voters who sold our country down the river. Irish_Dem Nov 4 #28
Many Latinos speak only espanol and get news from right wing flamingdem Nov 4 #30
How much chump/maga shit did you buy? BidenRocks Nov 4 #31
Who are these idiots who voted for him? Dem4life1970 Nov 4 #32
"Economic prosperity and law and order" ?? Aussie105 Nov 4 #35
I can't feel sorry for Trump voters no matter what happens to them Demobrat Nov 4 #37

Aristus

(71,304 posts)
1. I can't feel any sympathy for people who knowingly voted for the most abysmally incompetent lump
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 02:08 PM
Nov 4

of defective human protoplasm that ever slithered across the face of the Earth.

The failure of all of his businesses, and his living atop an ocean of debt didn't clue you guys in to what a loser this guy was?

Sucks to be you guys, I guess.

chouchou

(2,607 posts)
17. My husband and I live in Floriduh and believe me, we sounded the Orange Nutjob..
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 04:50 PM
Nov 4

....for and to our friends and acquaintances. We laid the whole Donald Con-Jobs in New York and all the nasty ass things he's done.
Now...they act like their family stood out on I-75 at 3:00 AM and tsk..tsk..a Tractor Trailer hit them ...."How could that happen"
My and my husband's sympathy is the size of the period on this sentence.

PatSeg

(51,491 posts)
29. And maybe....
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 05:52 PM
Nov 4

I could forgive them if they voted for Trump in 2016. A lot of people didn't really know that much about Trump other than from The Apprentice, though it wouldn't have taken too much effort to find out what a truly horrible man he was.

But geez, after one nightmarish term, there is no excuse for anyone voting for him again. Meanwhile, the Biden administration dealt effectively with the pandemic and passed more progressive legislation than I've seen since LBJ. People were finally able to see the light at the end of the tunnel and yet 77 million people decided to rehire Trump, as well as his many bootlickers in congress.

Nope, damn near impossible to have any sympathy for them at all. Democracy has some very serious flaws, especially when people treat elections like they're voting for a contestant on American Idol. Maybe as a country, we don't deserve democracy.

LisaM

(29,423 posts)
33. I can't forgive anyone who voted for him in 2016.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:37 PM
Nov 4

Nor can I forgive the stay-at-homes and people who voted for third-party spoilers. We had an opportunity to elect one of the most amazing presidents in our lifetime and people threw it away. Trump always showed who he was.

slightlv

(7,039 posts)
34. I want to see someone take up the banner that
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:53 PM
Nov 4

MEN are too emotional to trust with any political office. The testosterone in their system makes them prone to immediately jump on the anger and violence bandwagon.

Throw back at them the very reason why they say women can't serve... that we're too emotional because of our hormones. And for good measure, throw in a "male menopause" meme, too!

mwmisses4289

(2,782 posts)
3. You want sympathy? it's in the dictionary.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 02:57 PM
Nov 4

You were told, you saw his first term, but your machismo was such that the thought of voting for a competent, caring Woman of colour scared the bejeezus out of you and you decided a criminal who is a male was a "better" choice, simply because he is a male. Well, you got it. Too bad you aren't happy with your choice.

COL Mustard

(7,801 posts)
21. As we used to say in the Army, if you're looking for sympathy
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 05:01 PM
Nov 4

It's between "shit" and "syphilis".

GB_RN

(3,465 posts)
6. An Open Statement To The MAGAts:
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 03:30 PM
Nov 4

Seriously? Bewildered and angry? Can’t blame Cantaloupe Caligula for that. It’s not his fault YOU DIDN’T FUCKING PAY ATTENTION! He told you assclowns exactly what he was going to do. You played footsie with him because you hated the Black/Indian woman and hated the idea of her being President even more.

You fucked around, so you found out. Fuck off.

With the most sincere feelings of “Haha!”, I bid you adieu et au revoir. May you have the day (and pResident) you deserve.

GB_RN

(3,465 posts)
16. And That's The Shorter Version.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 04:48 PM
Nov 4

The whole thing is: Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent. 😁

CTyankee

(67,577 posts)
8. He TOLD you what he'd do! You weren't listening!
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 03:51 PM
Nov 4

I could forgive you but he hurts both of us and I can't get over it. Nor should I. Nor should you!

Some people just have to learn the hard way, you dopes. Only you are now hurting me and many of those I love and I don't get over that.

Escurumbele

(3,966 posts)
23. But will they learn? I don't think so.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 05:02 PM
Nov 4

They bought the idea that trump, in 2017, had created a great economy in one week, instead of understanding that the good economy was what Obama had created and left behind. They failed to see how trump destroyed the great economy he inherited.

I don't think they will learn, unfortunately. Latinos really suffer from "Stockholm Syndrome", they have to know republicans hate them, but they insist on wanting to be republican...How else can it be explained?

ananda

(33,991 posts)
9. This shows just how racist these voters were...
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 04:03 PM
Nov 4

that they didn't know that Obama was responsible for
their economic well-being and believed it was Trump.

FakeNoose

(39,493 posts)
18. They only watch Faux Noise so all they hear are Repuke lies
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 04:53 PM
Nov 4

They read Chump's garbage tweets on Xwitter and "truth" Social, and they believe all the crap on Faux Noise.
They are racists who refused to vote for a black woman, and they are getting exactly what they voted for.

Wake up people!

bronxiteforever

(10,959 posts)
10. In the GOP, if you ain't white you ain't right.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 04:24 PM
Nov 4

Florida GOP Latinos are just useful idiots for GOP power. That party is for billionaire white folks only.

COL Mustard

(7,801 posts)
19. Too bad they came to this a year too late.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 04:58 PM
Nov 4

It's too bad no one knew what was going to happen. Not like he had a playbook or anything.

kimbutgar

(26,491 posts)
20. The orange turd supporters are like chickens voting for colonel sanders
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 05:00 PM
Nov 4

My sympathy level is nil. After hearing him say Mexicans are murders and rapists to kick off his campaign in 2015 they should have known better was a frickin liar who doesn’t give a $hit about them. They are the real suckers and losers.

calimary

(88,519 posts)
24. Well gee whiz. He was rotten going into this year.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 05:17 PM
Nov 4

And to many of us, he was rotten from WAY farther back than this year.

Very proud NOT to have been taken in. At all. EVER. NOT EVVVVERRR, with THIS lying cheating selfish asshole.

Irish_Dem

(77,969 posts)
28. I'm angry with stupid voters who sold our country down the river.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 05:44 PM
Nov 4

They have their heads right up their asses.

flamingdem

(40,755 posts)
30. Many Latinos speak only espanol and get news from right wing
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 06:19 PM
Nov 4

tv and radio programs. They're fairly clueless. On that level I might forgive if they LEARN and don't do it again. But for that to happen they'll have to question the right wing media. Talking Miami especially.

BidenRocks

(2,519 posts)
31. How much chump/maga shit did you buy?
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 06:59 PM
Nov 4

How often did you wave it in a liberals face, just because?

Sorry, not sorry! I have NO fucks left to give!

On the bright side, you will lose weight.

Salud!

Dem4life1970

(1,019 posts)
32. Who are these idiots who voted for him?
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:08 PM
Nov 4

I mean they have no excuse. In 2016, they had no excuse, but in 2024 they had seen 8 years of his character and his results. They have no one to blame but themselves.

Aussie105

(7,408 posts)
35. "Economic prosperity and law and order" ??
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:57 PM
Nov 4

Is that what Trump promised?

And some believed him?

Selective hearing at work there. Majorly.

You ignore politics, you ignore Trump's history and the bad things he says and does, but you hear what you want to hear, "economic prosperity and law and order", and you say 'You got my vote!'

And then you go back to your semi conscious slumber state, and wait for the "economic prosperity and law and order" to happen.

Then you get impatient and start bitching about the non-delivery of the Promised Land.

What they heard:
"Economic prosperity and law and order" = prosperity for me, heavy handed law and order for those who get in my way.

Low information voters - the possible Death of Democracy?

Demobrat

(10,245 posts)
37. I can't feel sorry for Trump voters no matter what happens to them
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 11:12 PM
Nov 4

because they have taken so many innocent people down with them. Lost your food stamps? How many people are going hungry because of what you did?
I just can’t with those people.

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